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A Team Effort
From left: Della Ross, Cook, Neil Pryce, Food Services Attendant, and Sheldon Kilcullen, Sanitation Warewash Attendant, in St. Boniface Hospital’s Kitchen. August 8, 2025 Thanks to our friends at Réseau Compassion Network for sharing this story with us. After a decade...
How Will You Be Remembered?
Clare and Shirley Moster’s goal is to see Alzheimer’s disease done away with for good. Curing Alzheimer’s disease is a big ask, admits Clare, but he and Shirley have faith in the medical research being done at St. Boniface Hospital Albrechtsen Research Centre. That’s...
ICE is Nice
Dr. Clarence Khoo, Director of Arrhythmia Services in Cardiac Sciences at St. Boniface Hospital, with the Abbott ViewMate Ultrasound System that lets him see inside the chambers of the heart. June 23, 2025 Seeing was believing for Dr. Clarence Khoo in 2024. “It is an...
Funding the Future
From left: Researcher Dr. Thomas Netticadan, donors Frank and Jeanne Plett, and MSc student Sunita Karki, with undergraduate student Sandrius Mirochkinov, another Plett Endowed Studentship Grant recipient. June 20, 2025 University of Manitoba student researchers are...
Nurses Belong Here
From left: St. B nurses Anjola Oyewo and Chelsea Nichols. June 16, 2025 With her first nursing job at St. Boniface Hospital, Chelsea Nichols found a sense of belonging. Nichols, who works in the Hospital’s busy Emergency Department, knew from a young age that she...
Former Nurse Keeps Caring
“What would Dorothy do?” That was the question Teresa Wareham asked herself throughout her career as a registered nurse of more than 35 years at St. Boniface Hospital and the Minnedosa and District Hospital. Wareham followed her older sister, Holly, into the St....
Tiny Beginnings, Strong Tomorrows
Fourteen years ago, Delka Roberts became a mom. Though, it wasn’t the beginning that she expected. Her day started with a routine fetal assessment at Winnipeg’s Health Sciences Centre. By that afternoon, she was being transferred to St. Boniface Hospital because there...
From Code Blue to Giving Back
At age 68, Hemant M. Shah experienced a cardiac arrest that nearly took his life. He spent 19 days at St. Boniface Hospital, seeing first-hand the compassionate and gentle care you make possible. Shah was at home with his family in June of 2021, making plans to...
A Window into the Heart
Photo courtesy of FUJIFILM Sonosite. February 12, 2025 Four new ultrasound machines that practitioners are calling “state-of-the-art technology” and “top-notch” are making a difference in cardiac care at St. Boniface Hospital, thanks to the generosity of Foundation...
A Heartfelt Gift
Brian Chappell had a very special Christmas gift for St. Boniface Hospital in 2024. Chappell, a retired teacher and Winnipeg School Division administrator, walked into the St. Boniface Hospital Foundation office on Monday, December 23, and made a $10,000 gift on the...
After the Shift
A new exhibition showcases the diverse interests of St. Boniface Hospital’s community, encouraging understanding and compassion. The Off the Clock exhibition at St. B’s on-site Galerie Buhler Gallery highlights the hobbies of Hospital physicians, staff, and...
Hospital Staff Get Calm
The St. Boniface Hospital community is feeling more stress-free after using a Foundation donor-supported mental health app. In June, all St. B employees received access to Calm. The app offers a diverse variety of wellness tools like guided meditations, sleep stories,...